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Knox Historical Museum reopens
The Knox Historical Museum reopened on April 21st, 2021 in accordance with state guidelines for museums and libraries. The museum had been closed since November 2020 because the Barbourville City offices had locked the doors to the Municipal building because of a flare up of COVID-19 in the community. The City officials cautioned us that a similar shut down might recur should another large outbreak of disease take place.
The museum hours are Wednesdays, 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. The museum is located on the second floor of the Barbourville Municipal building, 196 Daniel Boone Drive, Barbourville, KY.
The Home Front in South-East Ky. during the Civil War
The winter issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store. The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.
Knox Countians on the Pandemic of 1918
The fall issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store. The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.
Museum features K.C. regional basketball champs of 2020
The summer issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store. The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.
List of cemeteries and burials in Knox County, KY
One of the more important and useful publications housed at the Knox Historical Museum and Genealogy Center in Barbourville, Kentucky is a listing of cemeteries and burials in Knox County, Kentucky.
These valuable documents were divided into five volumes and were copyrighted by the now defunct Knox County Genealogical Society, Inc. based in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2006 the documents were gifted to the Knox Historical Museum.
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What Our Patrons Have to Say...
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Hello, I was wondering if it would be possible to purchase Volume 3 -1991, all of the articles from that section. If so, how much and how do I complete it? Thanking you in advance.
Great website! I, too, was unaware of the KNOX HISTORICAL MUSEUM WEBSITE. Most of my ancestors lived in Knox County, Ky at one time. I am interested in the Arthur/Bond family ancestry. I hit a brick wall approx 15 years ago, researching my Bond family.
I live at least 3 hours away, but woud live to make the trip if I knew that the information you have is on my West family. would it be possible for someone to send me some names? thank you so much. Linda Gibson
I did not realize you had a website until I received the current issue of the Knox Countian. Susan Arthur was my aunt.
Just wanted to let you know that I found a list of postmasters on line that included my ancestor Ambrose Arthur, who served as postmaster at Flat Lick between 1848-52. List is at
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyknox/Postmaster.html#Flat
This list includes all postmasters from Knox County.